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<p>In versions prior to 2.5, Movable Type generated invalid RSS feeds.  Even if you have upgraded Movable Type to the latest version, your old templates will not be automatically upgraded.  To upgrade to valid RSS:</p>

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<li>Log in to Movable Type, select "Manage Blog", then "Templates".  In your list of Index Templates, you should see two RSS templates.</li>
<li>Select the "RSS 1.0 Index" and replace the template with <a href="/validator/docs/howto/mt-rss10.tmpl">this RSS 1.0 template</a>.</li>
<li>Select the "RSS 0.91 Index", rename it "RSS 2.0 Index", and replace the template with <a href="/validator/docs/howto/mt-rss20.tmpl">this RSS 2.0 template</a>.</li>
<li>Important step!  Rebuild your new RSS feeds by selecting "Rebuild site" from the left-hand navigation menu, then "Rebuild indexes only" from the drop-down menu.</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.archive.org/validator/">Validate</a> both RSS feeds.  If your weblog is at <samp>www.example.com</samp>, then your RSS 1.0 feed is located at <samp>http://www.example.com/index.rdf</samp>, and your RSS 2.0 feed is located at <samp>http://www.example.com/index.xml</samp></li>
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<p class="meta">This documentation page was last updated on October 19, 2002.</p>
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